Agreed, what is certain is that it will take a very, very long time for the US to make more out of Iraqi oil than it spent on the war and occupation
I think they are potentialy important due to the oil that might be nearby. Strategicly there importance has pretty much gone.
I very much agree with Castelot, its very easy to critisize Versailles but less easy to suggest an alternative. I don't see how Germany could...
Having voted Labour all my life, I was a little surprised to get a UKIP result :-?
Very important, listed as one of the five strategic keys that locked up the globe.
Whatever ones opinion of George Bush, and for that matter Tony Blair, the fact remains that they have removed from power two of the most evil...
I wouldn't say Stalin was a strategic mediocrity, indeed Lord Alanbrook felt he had the best grasp of grand stratergy of all the Allied leaders....
Saddam is/was a viscious, evil tyrant who brought untold death and misery to his people and threatened his neighbours. He has had, and used WMD's...
The same Speer who said in his diary that Germany could fight Russia or the Allied bombing but not both? Depends on your opinion of what...
I was not using WWI bombings as an excuse as I do not regard the allied bombing campain as needing an excuse - it had to be done. I was simply...
The British were certainly not the first to bomb civilians, there were German raids on London in the First World War both from Zepplins and later...
This is one of the very grey areas of total war - the whole of the population is at war, from the conscripted troops to the workers in munitions...
Think so
I read that in Britain (and I'd be amazed if something similar wasn't also the case in the US and elsewhere) if an aircraft is under terrorist...
In the end Mongomery must take responsiblility for the lack of planning, which is very much out of character for a man who had built his career on...
I think both the Somme and Paschendale were bloodier than Verdun
Pacific methods will work against a civilised power which is exhausted from fighting a six year long war for survival. It would not work against a...
All a country can do is provide opportunities for its people, if they don't take them up its their problem - you can lead a horse to water and all...
Are we including Britain in Europe here? Because our concept of freedom is rather different to either IMHO, but probably more akin to the American...
Unfortunatly though many people don't prove themselves to be untrustworthy with guns until they have blown someone elses brains out
